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The party was founded in August 2007 by a group of motivated and non-political Indians and it got registered with Election Commission of India in January 2008.[1]
Jago Party has been initiated by businessmen, former bureaucrats, advocates, former army officers, doctors, engineers, IT and software professionals. They felt the need to enter politics because all the existing political parties lack a nationalist vision and outlook, and rely on caste, religion, language, region/province etc. for their votes.
They have declared that they will not give tickets to anyone with criminal cases pending in courts or anyone who has already contested election from any other political party[2]
- An equal society where there is no discrimination by birth & the caste systems will not exist.
- Decentralizing governance & bring power to the hands of people.
- Making corruption an unpardonable offense.
- 100% transparent governance through IT.
- Human life is valuable and take all actions to safeguard it.
- Forming a society that is terror free, peaceful & growth oriented.
- Catapult economic growth & self dependence.
- Politics should regain its respect.
"The mission of Jago Party is to make India a very safe, strong and rich country.We want to achieve our goal by using and strengthening democratic institutions.
"Right now, India is not a safe country: terrorism has launched an undeclared war against India. Blasts after blasts are taking place in the country, but state and central governments are busy blaming each other. There is a crime everywhere. No person in this country feels secure. Our neighboring countries are engaged in subversion within our country, and the present government is watching this helplessly.
"Economically, even after liberalizations made in 1991, India is still a government-dominated economy where the underlying vision is: “the rich are “exploiters” of the poor, tax them as much as you can and transfer the tax money to the poor through government schemes. Let government do business in maximum possible areas to “save the interests of the poor”. Reserve maximum government jobs and facilities for socially and economically backward classes to help the poor further.”
"All major political parties are supporting this policy. Such a distorted vision has led the country to the mire of corruption, inefficiency, neglect of customers’ needs, neglect of merit, unemployment, poverty and so on.
"Jago Party strongly disagrees with this vision.
"We believe that the rich and entrepreneurs are not exploiters of the poor, but creators of wealth through industries and commerce where people gain productive employment; where consumers get better products at lower prices; where there is a constant improvement in productivity and where anybody can become rich by making right kind of efforts and acquiring right type of skills.
"The exploitation theory on which communism and socialism are based and on which Nehruvian variety of “welfare” state in India was structured and still being pursued by all Indian political parties has proved to be totally false."[3]
The Party has two categories of members:
1. Primary Membership: Any person who is a citizen of India, has attained the age of 18, accepts the Constitution and ideology of the Party, and is not a member of any other political organization can become a primary member of the Jago Party. No one with prior record of criminal, corrupt and/or morally reprehensible behaviour will be eligible to be primary member of the party. No membership fee on enrollment as primary member.
2. Active Membership:
Every Active Member will have to fulfill the following conditions:
2. The local organization of the Jago Party includes:
3. The primary unit of the Party is the District Executive Committee.[4]
Jago Party contested Assembly election in Rajasthan in 2008 on 26 seats, although no candidate won the election Jago Party was ahead of almost all smaller parties in most of the 26 constituencies it contested, but behind Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Indian National Congress and SP. Jago Party was ahead of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in two constituencies and placed at no. 3 there among all political parties. The Party would lose in the elections was expected but what was unexpected was the votes received even in a state where reservation is a major issue.[5][6]